The new CPG employee of the week is Edward Morris. Edward was placed with one of CPGworks’ client construction companies (Repp Construction). The company requested a carpenter. Edward was the first person sent over and he’s been with them ever since. He’s done so well that they have since taken him on permanently, have awarded [...]
CPGworks – EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK!!!
October 17, 2008 By
This week we have TWO candidates, tied for the coveted CPGworks EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK. Both of them are stars! The first is Terrick King. Terrick was hired over a month ago for a large demolition contractor, Empire Building Diagnostics. It was his first major construction gig and he’s proven himself more than worthy. He’s [...]
An Ode to the Ageless Builder
October 15, 2008 By
Outlook for Construction Industry
October 14, 2008 By
The following is excerpted from the US Dept of Labor and offers some insight and prediction about the construction industry and the various construction trades. The full article can be found at: http://www.bls.gov/oco/cg/cgs003.htm The number of wage and salary jobs in the construction industry is expected to grow 10 percent through the year 2016, compared [...]
CPGworks EMPLOYEE OF THE WEEK – Paul Morley
October 13, 2008 By
Paul Morley is the new CPGworks employee of the week. Paul was originally into residential carpentry and electrical, but he wanted to try his hand at HVAC. So when he came to us we got him assigned to one of our HVAC client companies, DWC Mechanical Inc. Since starting with that company, Paul has put [...]
CPGworks attends Puerto Rico Day in Buffalo
October 8, 2008 By
Saturday, September 13th 2008, CPGworks attended the Puerto Rican Day Parade at La Salle Park. In attendance were Jeremy Wells, Nicole Perla and Elaine Heckler. Despite the rain we set up a table and talked to local parade goers about what we do here. We had the chance to see some of our client employees [...]
OSHA 10 Class – sponsored by CPGworks
October 8, 2008 By
The OSHA 10 class, sponsored by CPGworks, held its 2nd segment last night (Tues 4pm-9pm) at Construction Personnel Group on Niagara St. Around 50 construction workers from a wide variety of trades; roofers, drywallers, carpenters, electricians and more, successfully graduated the class and will be receiving their OSHA 10 cards. A lot of coffee went [...]
Buffalo area – Jobs increase
October 8, 2008 By
Buffalo’s job gains top most of U.S.
The following article is taken from Buffalo BUSINESS FIRST. Buffalo’s job gains top most of U.S. Buffalo outpaced 87 percent of the nation’s metropolitan areas in job growth during the past year, according to a report issued Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Buffalo metro area, which consists of Erie and Niagara [...]